Cardiovascular System

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Across
  1. 2. prefix meaning inner
  2. 8. increased pressure in the blood vessels, better known as high blood pressure
  3. 11. ultrasonography uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessles
  4. 13. do not resuscitate
  5. 14. electrocardiography
  6. 16. when a part of the heart doesn't get the blood flow it needs, commonly known as a heart attack
  7. 18. have thinner walls and carry blood toward the heart
  8. 19. within veins that keep the blood flowing in one direction
  9. 21. a condition in which the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed
  10. 22. test where a machine records the electrical activity of the heart
  11. 25. combing from meaning plug or blockage
  12. 27. a catheter injects dye into vessels surrounding the heart
  13. 29. prefix meaning under
  14. 30. often referred to as a blood pressure cuff
Down
  1. 1. a disorder where there is a narrowing in the arteries around the heart
  2. 3. prefix meaning fast
  3. 4. pumps blood to the rest of the body
  4. 5. meet arterioles and have very thin walls so oxygen and carbon dioxide can exchange
  5. 6. a condition where the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle causing reduced blood flow
  6. 7. a complete stopping of the heart
  7. 9. have thick walls and carry blood away from the heart
  8. 10. suffix meaning enlarged
  9. 12. dye is injected into blood vessels allowing any vessel to be looked at
  10. 15. ventricular tachycardia
  11. 17. coronary artery disease
  12. 20. uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels
  13. 23. hypertension
  14. 24. suffix meaning surgical puncture to remove fluid
  15. 26. combing form meaning vein
  16. 28. largest artery in the body which carries blood as the main branch down the center of the body